Recent Arrivals from modern-ISM

New York: Abrams, 1999. First Edition . Original Cloth. As New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Boldly signed by Frank Gehry by his contribution on p. 119. As New in an As New DJ. Remainder mark on bottom edges. 207 pp., profusely and beautifully illustrated,… Read more about this item

The California Quarterly, 1953. Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 pp. Work by Esther McCoy, Frank Scully, James Wyckoff. Poetry, drawings & Engravings. Beautiful condition, a few typical tiny closed tears and creases, due to yapped edges. Insides clean and tight.

London: Lund Humphries, 1998. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Large 4to. 63 pp., 8 b&w text figures, 26 color plates, foreword by Robert R. MacDonald, renderings of work by Cass Gilbert, McKim, Mead & White, Ernest Flagg, and others, chronology. A crisp, clean copy with a corner crease. Shelf wear.

New York: Rizzoli, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 pp., profusely illustrated, chronology, glossary. DJ in protective mylar cover. A biography of the first African-American member - and Fellow - of the American Institute of Architects. He designed over 3,000 buildings including multi-million dollar estates for Hollywood stars and… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Thames & Hudson, 1997. First U.S. Edition . Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 176 pp., fabulously illustrated, chronology, bibliography, and index. The Russian artis Sonia Delaunay, who along with her husband Robert Delaunay was a leading light of the Cubist splinter movement, Orphism, branched out after the First World… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Square 8vo. A Very Good copy. 24 pp., 30 illustrations including b&w photos. Intro by J Stewart Johnson, exhibition checklist.

The Forum, 1995. Wraps. Fine +. Fine+ 33 page booklet, with fold-out. Beautiful product presentation

New York, New York: The American Home Magazine Corp, 1941. Wraps. Very Good +. 134 pp. Incluudes "Architect at Home" The Los Angeles home and offices of Richard Neutra. Very Good+ A few coupons cut out, spine edge wear. Scarce

Saturday Review Associates, 1956. Wraps. Very Good +. 50 pp. Features Richard Neutra and his design for a Hollywood Hills home. Light dry damp stain. Previous owner address sticker on cover.

Zurich: Adolf Pfau, 1949. Soft cover. Very Good. 76 pp. Very Good. Text in German. Features projects by Marcel Breuer, Hugh Stubbins, Jr., Raphael Soriano, AIA, Dorothy Noyes, Max Bill amd more. Tape on spine edge, general wear. Scarce.

New York, New York: F.W. Dodge Corporation, 1952. Wraps. Very Good. 382 pp. Julius Shulman cover of Ekdale House, San Pedro by John Rex, Arch. Includes "Organic Architecture Looks at Modern Architecture" by Frank Lloyd Wright, Eichler Homes, Palo Alto and much more. Torn spine, general wear.

New York, New York: The American Home Magazine Corp, 1947. Wraps. Very Good. Very Good. 130 pp. Julius Shulman cover. Features the apartment of Olivia de Havilland; Gordon Drake modern home, West Hollywood and more. Top spine split. Scarce.

Des Moines: Merediith Publishing Company, 1948. Wraps. Very Good. 300 pp. Very Good+ Julius Shulman cover. Vintage homes and gardens.

Palm Springs, CA, 2007. Soft cover. Fine. 356 pp. Fine. Cover by Julius Shulman, signed by Shulman on cover. Features: Modern Love - timeline of P.S. Architecture. 1922-2008.

New York, New York: Richard York Gallery, 1995. Wraps. Fine. Square 8vo. 24 pp. As New except small residue of previous sticker. Color and b/w catalog from exhiibit held Oct. 19 - Dec. 8, 1995 at the Richard York Gallery.

San Pedro, CA: Ray Carofano, 2009. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo Oblong. Inscribed by photographer. Series 34/100 99 pp. A collection of sepia photographs of the Mojave Desert.

Los Angeles: The John Lautner Foundation, 2010. Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 39 pp. February 2010 issue. Synopsis of Lautner's life and work by various architects, family, friends, clients and associates. Pg 5-36 reprinted from JTF-Journal of the Taliesin Fellows 18, Summer 1995. Light wraps wear, insides clean. Included is 5 pg color… Read more about this item

San Pedro, CA: Ray Carofano, 2017. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo Oblong. Self published. Limited edition No.16/100. Signed by photographer. 32 color photographic images. Catalog from exhibit from Transvagrant Gallery, Spr. 25 - June 13, 2015. A photographic exploration of the abstract aesthetic potential of the concrete channel, bridges and infrastructure. Also includes postcard from exhibit. … Read more about this item

San Pedro, CA: Ray Carofano, 2018. Hardcover. A New/As New. 8vo Oblong. 152 pp. Inscribed by photographer. Limited series No. 7/100. Black and white photography. Slab Dwellers is an intimate portrait of Slab City's inhabitants in the Calfiornia Sonoran desert.

Zurich: Dr. H. Girsberger, 1959. Wraps. Fine. 8vo Oblong. Volume four, number three. English Edition - Engish, French and German 54 pp. "A Vista beyond the present stage of Asbestos-Cement Application" by Richard Neutra, as well as his Eagle Rock Playground Clubhouse; An architect's home in Kamakura, Kanagawa by Gorozo Iizuka; A house in vicinity of Zurich Airport… Read more about this item